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Ploye, Traditional Buckwheat Pancake

Ploye is a traditional French Canadian pancake recipe made with buckwheat flour. This 3 ingredient dish is used in place of bread or served as a breakfast pancake. Great for lunch with chicken salad or served w/ warm maple syrup and lemon for brunch. Gluten free, egg free, dairy free and low FODMAP.

Drop ½ cup of batter to make thin pancakes on a hot ungreased non-stick pan. As the batter is quite thick, you may have to spread it out.

Bake on one side for 2 minutes or until bubbles break and pancake is firm and dry. Coax from bottom of pan with a flexible spatula and flip the ploye to cook for about 30 seconds on the other side. Remove from pan and repeat until you have used all the batter. For best results, stir the batter before making each ploye. NOTE: the ploye resembles a crepe in thickness when cooking and, contrary to a pancake, is only cooked on one side and briefly turned over for a few seconds.

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Thank you for your feedback and I am very sorry to hear that... It is strange, because the dough doesn´t stay gummy at all. Maybe it´s because I forgot to put the original recipe note: "The ploye resembles a crepe in thickness when cooking and, contrary to a pancake, is only cooked on one side and briefly turned over for a few seconds." You can see it here: http://www.mygutfeeling.eu/ploye-traditional-buckwheat-pancake